I saw the press release about BAFTE Ruling 2011-4 about converting a pistol to a SBR and back to a pistol without getting all the SBR paperwork done. Has anyone seen this in writing? I'd like to SBR my Draco and I'd like to skip the $200 and the engraving if I can... Thanks.

You can't get around having a 16"+ barrel and 26" OAL for a rifle, sorry. If you just pop a stock on your Draco, that would be an SBR - you'd have to extend the barrel to at least 16" as well, and make it permanent as far as the BATFE goes.

You're welcome. This ruling DOES bring about a few interesting questions.

For instance, if you have a new stripped lower, can you build it into a pistol FIRST, then go ahead and build it into what ever rifle configuration you want to build it into, and then convert it to a PISTOL again??

If so, constructive posession becomes more dubious. as long as you own a pistol buffer tube, you could own short barrel uppers for any ar that you built, provided you build it into a pistol FIRST.......hmmm....

Here is an interesting question - given the emphasis on close proximity and "no other purpose", let's say I have multiple AR rifles and an AR pistol. I decide to convert the AR pistol to a rifle and take it to the range with me. I remove the short barrelled upper and leave it in the safe with my other ARs while I spend a day at the range.

Are my other family members now in constructive possession of an unregistered SBR because the combination of weapons remaining in the safe is only good for making an SBR since I have the pistol lower?

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